Archaeocete
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Archaeocete is a noun meaning Any extinct cetacean of the parvorder Archaeoceti.
Meaning
Any extinct cetacean of the parvorder Archaeoceti.
Example Sentences
Our estimates further show that the most recent common ancestor of extant Osedax appeared during the Late Cretaceous (ca. 74.8 Ma), indicating that the radiation of Osedax would be concomitant with the occurrence of large marine reptiles and teleost fishes in the oceans [56, 57 ] rather than with the origin and radiation of large archaeocete cetaceans during the Eocene (ca. 50 Ma; [58 ]).
Word Forms
- archaeocetes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include archaeostracan, archaeognathan, archaeozoon, antiarch, archaeopterodactyloid, archaeopterygid.
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